Creativity Team Meet up, Final Day

Today we have the final installment of images from our local Creative Team get together.  I think you will agree that these are amazing works of Art created using Color Burst, mixed media art boards, stencils and mixed media techniques.

We would love to see your Color Burst creations, use the tag #KenOliverCrafts or #KenOliver on social media and share with us.

Creative Team Meet Up ! Day 2

Yesterday we shared a great project by Kimberly that she created during our day on creative fun, today we are sharing more images from our fun day and a few more of our projects 

How's this for a selfie!!!!!, smile Ken, Kimberly, Nikki, Krista and Dakri

Krista and Nikki in full flow

Dakri's turn now to take a photo !

Ken and Nikki

Here is a peep at some of the art created, come back again tomorrow for the final installment.  

Have you checked out the Ken Oliver Crafts Facebook page?.  Make sure to follow us because coming soon there will be an opportunity for you to join in the creative fun every month alongside the Creative Team.  More details to follow.

Waves of the Sea

Last week some of the Creative Team members spent the day with Ken creating amazing art and projects. This week we will share some of them on the blog, today we have Kimberly Jones on the blog sharing her work.

Supplies Used:

A variety of vintage and new papers and cheesecloth tinted with Color Burst and Liquid Metals:

Turquoise

Ultramarine Blue

Yellow Ochre 

Iron Oxide

Burnt Umber

Book:

400 lb. watercolor paper 

Glue Stick

Gloss Gel Medium

Vintage Book Paper

Color Burst Tinted Cheesecloth

Vintage Cabinet Card Frame 

Bubbles Stencil

White Posca Paint Pen

Sewing Pattern Tissue

Bloom:

Ken Oliver Water Media Paper Die Cuts Tinted with Color Burst

Color Burst Tinted Cheesecloth

Vintage Button

Waxed Linen Thread

Needle

Double-Sided Tape

Color Burst Fox Card using Stick It

Stick It is perfect for many craft uses and in particular for Die Cutting, it gives you precise adhesion with no mess or fuss, apply it to the back of your papers, use your favorite dies and the resulting die cut pieces are ready to use, no drying time and instant adhesion.

Creative Team member Jeanne Streiff had made this fantastic Color Burst Fox card for us today, isn't it cute !

Jeanne Says:

I used Color Burst (Burnt Orange/Sepia combo for the head and tummy and Fuschia/Burnt Orange combo for the ears). 
All of the Color Burst pieces used Stick-it adhesive and then were die cut to paper piece over the die cut card base.

Fox die is from Sizzix (660774 Fox #2)

'Wander' Color Burst Background Cards

Combining die cuts with Color Burst backgrounds produces beautiful cards, today Buffy St John shares two with us.

Hi Everybody! Buffy here with you again on this beautiful Spring day. Today I want to share cards...well the same card 2 ways!  I want to use the same paper and die for each card.  The first card is in the purples and moody.  I imagine it to look like a frosty late winter morning.

I started with Ken Oliver's new Water Media Paper 8.5" x 11" Oh my goodness! How I LOVE this paper!  I lightly and randomly tapped Color Burst pigments onto the dry paper (textured side up) in the following order: Fuchsia, Orchid, Tangerine and just a teensy bit (1 grain or 2!),Turquoise

I misted with water from a standing position over the paper then spritzed liberally (still standing). I then dropped: Metallic Rose, Metallic Mandarin, Metallic Sky, Platinum.  I only lightly swirled this delightful slurry of color then set it aside to dry.  I cut the foreground trees in white card stock, Distressed with Peacock Feathers and Sail Boat Blue.  I stamped “Wander” from the Wanderlust stamp using ClickIts Lamp Black.  For the second card I wanted to take the same “scene” if you will into Spring!

I followed the same process as I did with the first card.  Only this time I tapped the following Color Burst pigments: Lemon Yellow, Lime Green, Chartreuse, Turqouise.  I misted with water from a standing position over the paper, then spritzed liberally (still standing) I then dropped: Metallic Jade, Verdi Gris, Metallic Sky And my trusted friend Sepia.

As you can see, It is the same card, TWO ways!  I hope you enjoyed this project, See you next time!

Materials used:

Color Burst:

Fuchsia, Orchid, Tangerine, Turquoise, Lemon Yellow, Lime Green, Chartreuse

Color Burst Liquid Metals:

Metallic Rose, Metallic Mandarin, Metallic Sky, Platinum, Metallic Jade, Verdi Gris

Ken Oliver’s Water Media Paper 8.5”x11”

Ken Oliver’s Covered Bridges Clear Stamp Set 

Ranger Distress Ink – Peacock Feathers

Ranger Adirondack Brights – Sail Boat Blue

Penny Black Creative Dies – Serenity

The Seven Chakra's, Meditation Room Decor with Color Burst

Creative Team member Diana Hetherington has created another project for her Meditation Room, it represents the Seven Chakra's, here is Diana to tell you more...

Diana says:

I am here to share with you a very quick and easy banner to create for any occasion! I have made mine to hang in my new room downstairs ... if it ever gets finished!!!

so to begin my project I decided to use the ATC cards as i absolutely love the weight of them when creating with color burst! I painted on the colour that corresponds to the chakras. I then cut out 7 circles from the ATC cards.

As I had already printed out the 7 chakra symbols I wanted to be sure that they would stick to the circles I used Stick it.  I just pressed the symbol onto the sheet and cut out and then pressed into the centre of my circles. it was so easy and no glue stuck to my fingers!! loved it!!

I then traced around each after they were stuck with a black udi pen.

I then used my liquid metals and applying using a paint brush to the cardboard. Once dry I sewed the edges as well as strung them together, here you have it.. I plan on using this as a sign to 'do not disturb' when I am downstairs meditating!!

Creative Team March Challenge - Krista Riley

The Creative Team were challenged this month to create projects under the Floral/Spring Team and we are sharing their fabulously creative uses for Ken Oliver products. The brief for this month was to create a project that was not a card, tag or Journal !, As we near the end of the team's submissions today or Creative Team coordinator shares her project

Krista Riley has used the Ken Oliver range of 12 x 12 papers and the Studio Stamps on this bright and beautiful layout.

Products Used

Butterfly Stamp - Studio Set 1

Color Burst 

Fuchsia, Turquoise, Tangerine

Click it - lamp black

Ken Oliver Watercolor Florals 

Ken Oliver Watercolor Tulips